Pinto Juliet - Climate Change, Media and Culture

Stephanie Belland is an Undergraduate Student in the Honors Psychology program at MacEwan University, Canada, with a minor in Sociology. Her honors thesis investigates the psychological ramifications of animal rescue work.

Shelley Boulianne, earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007. She is an Associate Professor at MacEwan University, Canada. She conducts research on public opinion, media use, as well as civic and political engagement, using meta-analysis techniques, experiments, and surveys.

Floribert Patrick C. Endong, Ph.D., is a Research Consultant in the Humanities and Social Sciences. He is author of more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on humanities-related issues. He recently edited Exploring the Role of Social Media in Transnational Advocacy (2018) and Popular Representations of America in Non-American Media (2019), published by IGI Global.

Modestus Fosu, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer in Language and Communication at the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Accra. His teaching and research interests include media and communication, language of the media, media and political participation, journalism and media education, and general language use and communication. He is currently the Acting Deputy Rector at GIJ.

Susan Jacobson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism + Media at Florida International University in Miami. Her research interests cover the expressive qualities of digital multimedia and public communication in health and science. Her research has appeared in New Media & Society, Information, Communication & Society, and Health Communication.

Paulina Kuranchie is a Lecturer and Graduate Programmes Co-ordinator at the Ghana Institute of Journalism in Accra, Ghana. She holds an M.Phil. degree in Communications and Media Studies from the University of Education, Winneba. Her research interests are in corporate social responsibility, sustainability and the green economy, political public relations, and corporate communications.

Jessica G. Myrick, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. Her research examines the interplay of affect and cognition in shaping audience responses to messages about the environment, health, science, or risk.

Timothy Quashigah is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism, Ghana Institute of Journalism in Accra, Ghana. Tim holds an M.Phil. degree in Global Leadership, Ghana, and an MA (Journalism) degree, UK. He is an advanced PhD candidate at the University of Ghana.

Stacy Rebich-Hespanha, Ph.D., is Founder of Flourish Strategy and Analytics, a research and strategy consulting firm in Santa Barbara, California, USA. She also teaches Environmental Data Visualization at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSBs) Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management.

Ronald E. Rice, Ph.D., is the Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication in the Department of Communication at University of California Santa Barbara, USA. His research interests include environmental communication, public communication campaigns, organizational theory, social uses and effects of new media and information systems, and social networks.

Moses Shumow, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Emerson College, USA. His work examines the intersections between media, geography, and race, focusing on inequality and development in marginalized space. Dr Shumows work has been published in Journalism, Journalism Studies, Media, Culture, & Society and Journal of Urban Affairs, among others.

Hollie Smith, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon, USA, and conducts research at the Media Center for Science and Technology. Her collaborative research focuses on intersections of communication, science, and decision-making, as they relate to societys most pressing scientific and environmental problems.

Allan Wilson is an Adjunct Lecturer at Florida International University. He teaches a wide variety of courses in the fields of media, journalism, and communication.

Huiru (Jennifer) Zhu received her B.A. in Communication from University of California Santa Barbara, USA. She is an avid reader.